Due for release on 28th November, ‘Cinders'’ the first single from br_nz_/_ge’s forthcoming debut album /Cowards/, signals the band’s return with striking focus. Marrying emotional intensity with a radio-ready immediacy, the track delivers a sound that feels both familiar to alternative broadcasts whilst also daringly new. It’s a bold statement of intent from a band unafraid to bring raw power and depth to the airwaves, setting the tone for what promises to be one of the year’s most compelling debut releases.

br_nz_/_ge are poised to re-establish themselves as one of the UK’s most dynamic and compelling post-rock bands: powerful, cinematic, and impossible to ignore.

Cinders

Following lockdown, br_nz_/_ge are ready to make their mark on the UK’s alternative landscape. Formed in 2009 and re-emerging after a decade of hiatus a with renewed creative fire, the Leicester-based post-rock outfit deliver an arresting blend of intensity and emotion, music that is as visceral as it is transcendent.

Taking inspiration from genre heavyweights Pelican and …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, br_nz_/_ge weave together towering riffs, sweeping dynamics, and gloriously melodic choruses. Their sound balances darkness and light with cinematic precision with each track unfolding like a storm breaking over the horizon.

The group features members from some of the UK’s most respected underground acts including Public Relations Exercise, Her Name Is Calla, and Raging Speedhorn; bringing a pedigree of musicianship and emotional depth to the project. The result is a sound that feels expansive, urgent, and unmistakably their own.
“Coming out of lockdown, we wanted to reconnect with what first made us create music together, that spark between weight and release,” the band explain. “br_nz_/_ge has always been about finding beauty in the chaos of some shit.”br_nz_/_ge are poised to re-establish themselves as one of the UK’s most dynamic and compelling post-rock bands: powerful, cinematic, and impossible to ignore.

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